A historic, week-long strike for United Educators of San Francisco came to an end Friday when the union and San Francisco United School District agreed on a tentative contract after nearly a year of negotiations. The union won fully-funded health care and an 8.5% raise over two years for classified staff including paraprofessionals. Teachers will...

Thousands of educators flocked to picket lines Monday as United Educators of San Francisco began its first strike since 1979. The 6,500-member union has been negotiating for nearly a year with San Francisco Unified School District, which has roughly 50,000 students. The district closed more than 100 schools on Monday as the union solidified a...

Teachers unions in Los Angeles and San Francisco are ready to strike following nearly a year of contract negotiations that have stalled over demands like pay and staffing. If San Francisco educators walk out, it will be the city’s first teacher strike in nearly 50 years. United Educators of San Francisco approved a walkout with the second...

Two-thirds of states don’t provide paid parental leave for teachers beyond their accumulated sick days, according to a new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality. The research revealed that of the 16 states that require districts to offer paid parental leave, only two — Arkansas and Delaware — give teachers their full wages...

Update, Dec. 8: The Teamsters Union, representing some 1,500 paraprofessionals, office staff and cafeteria workers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond, California, reached a tentative agreement Dec. 8 and returned to work. The teachers, represented by United Teachers of Richmond, remained on strike. Some 3,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, office staff and cafeteria workers...

A growing New York nonprofit is using a newly released report to cement data around the axiom that social capital — or who you know — is key for first-generation college graduates searching for their first job. The report by Basta, an organization that connects first-generation college graduates with careers, tracks the experiences of young...

The face of microschooling is changing — from the racial diversity and professional background of its founders to how these small, nontraditional learning centers finance their operations. Those are among the top findings of an analysis across 34 states of 100 current microschools and 100 more that were largely aiming to open this school year....